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TED LEWIS AND HIS JAZZ BAND
Runnin' Wild: The Early Years (1919-1926)
Rivermont BSW-1164

Runnin' Wild traces the early years of one of America's most celebrated entertainers of the 20th century. Known to generations for his cries of "Is everybody happy?", before he became the High-Hatted Tragedian of Song, Ted Lewis led one of the most popular and successful jazz bands. From New York to Chicago to San Francisco, in the early 1920s Lewis was hailed as the "King of Jazz," and his recordings of the period reveal a vitality and freshness that continues to delight and engage listeners nearly a century later. This first-ever CD retrospective of Lewis's early years as leader of a jazz band was produced with the cooperation of the Ted Lewis Museum and features a number of previously unreleased recordings from unique test pressings in the Museum's archives. All recordings have been freshly transferred from original discs and the CD is supplemented by a handsome 40-page color booklet with extensive notes by Lewis expert (and Grammy nominee) Mark Berresford, based on decades of original research. 80 minutes.
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1.Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
2.When My Baby Smiles at Me
3.The Hula Blues
4.That Riga-Liga-Lee
5. Queen of Sheba
6.Sally, Won't You Come Back?
7.Home Again Blues
8.Down the Old Church Aisle
9.Hot Lips
10. Bees' Knees
11.Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)
12.Runnin' Wild
13.Tiger Rag
14.Aunt Hagar's Blues
15.Wet Yo' Thumb
16.Beale Street Mama
17.Twelfth Street Rag
18.Steppin' Out
19.San
20.She's Everybody's Sweetheart
21. There'll Be Some Changes Made
22.Eccentric
23.Rose Marie
24.I Ain't Got Nobody to Love
25.I Like You Best of All
26.Ah-ha!
27.Bring Back Those Minstrel Days
Credits:
Liner notes: Mark Berresford / Source recordings: Mark Berresford, Ted Lewis Museum, Bryan Wright / Transfers and digital remastering: Nick Dellow / Photographs: Mark Berresford, Thelma Kahn Gaba, Ted Lewis Museum, Bryan Wright / Cover art: Joe Busam